Nikki Sudden - Captain Kennedy lyrics

I am a young mariner who's headed to war
I'm thinking 'bout my family and
What it was for
There's water on the wood and
The sails feel good
And when I get to shore I
Hope that I can kill good

My father was a sailor
Name of Captain Kennedy
He lost his wooden schooner to
The Germans on the sea
Exploded on the water for everyone to see
And humiliate that American
Oh Captain Kennedy

I saw him in Nassau in 1971
His strength was failing but he
Still ran a run
He worked 'til his fingers well they
Wore right to the bone
To buy that wooden schooner and
Sail on his own

He was known in the islands
As hundred foot iron
That steel hull freighter was
Passing it's time oh and time flew by faster
With life on the sea
And the days they grew shorter for Captain
Oh Captain Kennedy

And me
I am a young mariner who's headed to war
Oh I'm thinking 'bout my family
And what it was for
There's water on the wood and
The sails feel good
And when I get to shore I
Hope I can kill good